Today, little remains of the once-thriving mining town of Centralia, Pennsylvania.picture alliance/dpa/picture alliance via Getty Images Over 60 years ago, Centralia, Pennsylvania, was a bustling coal ...

The sounds of rushing waterfalls and the Oil Creek and Titusville train clanking on the tracks reverberate across the vestige of old houses, echoing down abandoned oil wells while the old equipment ...

For a long time, ghost towns were the forgotten corners of the map. Abandoned mines, empty main streets, and crumbling storefronts sat quietly while travelers sped past on highways to somewhere else.